API for Developers

Access

Here is an example of the API String:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=USERNAME&h=HASHKEY&op=pv&to=9725051234567&msg=hello+world

# u = Username
# h = password (Hashkey)

Parameters

Listed in the below table are webservices parameters for individual tasks.

Name Description
h webservices token, configured by user from Preferences menu
u username
p password, supplied for op=get_token
op operation or type of action
format output format selection
from SMS sender ID (for op=pv)
to destination numbers, @username or #groupcode, may use commas
footer SMS footer (for op=pv)
nofooter remove SMS footer
msg message (+ or %20 for spaces, urlencode for non ascii chars)
schedule schedule message delivery, format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
type message type (flash or text)
unicode whether message unicode or not (1=unicode, 0=not unicode)
queue queue code
src sender number or ID
dst destination number (single number)
dt send SMS date/time
smslog_id SMS Log ID
last last SMS log ID (this number not included on result)
c number of delivery status that will be retrieved
kwd keyword
login_key login key sets by admin through webservices call op=loginkeyset
query query server for useful information

Listed in the below table are webservices parameters for admin tasks.

Name Description
recvnum receiver number (for op=inject)
smsc SMSC (for op=inject)
data_* admin tasks related supplied data

Please note that all values should be URL encoded.

Return Codes

Below table listed return coded after unsuccessful call to a webservices operation. Successful operation will returns an OK data in the response message.

Please note that by default the response message is a JSON encoded message.

Error code Description
ERR 100 authentication failed
ERR 101 type of action is invalid or unknown
ERR 102 one or more field empty
ERR 103 not enough credit for this operation
ERR 104 webservice token is not available
ERR 105 webservice token not enable for this user
ERR 106 webservice token not allowed from this IP address
ERR 200 send message failed
ERR 201 destination number or message is empty
ERR 400 no delivery status available
ERR 401 no delivery status retrieved and SMS still in queue
ERR 402 no delivery status retrieved and SMS has been processed from queue
ERR 501 no data returned or result is empty
ERR 600 admin level authentication failed
ERR 601 inject message failed
ERR 602 sender id or message is empty
ERR 603 account addition failed due to missing data
ERR 604 fail to add account
ERR 605 account removal failed due to unknown username
ERR 606 fail to remove account
ERR 607 set parent failed due to unknown username
ERR 608 fail to set parent
ERR 609 get parent failed due to unknown username
ERR 610 fail to get parent
ERR 611 account ban failed due to unknown username
ERR 612 fail to ban account
ERR 613 account unban failed due to unknown username
ERR 614 fail to unban account
ERR 615 editing account preferences failed due to missing data
ERR 616 fail to edit account preferences
ERR 617 editing account configuration failed due to missing data
ERR 618 fail to edit account configuration
ERR 619 viewing credit failed due to missing data
ERR 620 fail to view credit
ERR 621 adding credit failed due to missing data
ERR 622 fail to add credit
ERR 623 deducting credit failed due to missing data
ERR 624 fail to deduct credit
ERR 625 setting login key failed due to missing data
ERR 626 fail to set login key

There might appear new error codes in the future, you should be aware that new codes might appear in this syntax:

Error code Description
ERR 1xx authentication or parameter erorrs
ERR 2xx specific pv errors
ERR 4xx delivery status errors
ERR 5xx others
ERR 6xx administrative tasks

Protocol for non-admin tasks

Send message

Send message to a single or multiple mobile numbers, @username or #groupcode

Parameters Name or description
Operation pv
Mandatory u h to msg
Optional type unicode from footer nofooter format schedule
Returns return codes

Parameter to can be international formatted mobile number, #groupcode or @username, or a mix of them. Separate by commas for multiple value.

Outgoing SMS and delivery status

List outgoing SMS and delivery status.

Parameters Name or description
Operation ds
Mandatory u h
Optional queue src dst dt smslog_id c last format
Returns data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Incoming SMS

List incoming SMS.

Parameters Name or description
Operation in
Mandatory u h
Optional queue src dst dt smslog_id c last format
Returns data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Inbox

List SMS on user’s inbox.

Parameters Name or description
Operation ix
Mandatory u h
Optional queue src dst dt smslog_id c last format
Returns data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

Sandbox

List unhandled incoming SMS.

Parameters Name or description
Operation sx
Mandatory u h
Optional queue src dst dt smslog_id c last format
Returns data or return codes

Parameter c will retrieve as many as c value, last will retrieves data from last SMS log ID.

User credit

Get user’s credit information.

Parameters Name or description
Operation cr
Mandatory u h
Optional format
Returns user’s credit or return codes

Get token

Get user’s webservices token. This can be used as a login mechanism.

Parameters Name or description
Operation get_token
Mandatory u p
Optional format
Returns webservices token or return codes

Set token

Set user’s webservices token. This can be used as a change password mechanism.

Parameters Name or description
Operation set_token
Mandatory u h
Optional format
Returns new webservices token or return codes

Get contact list

Get contact list by name, mobile or email

Parameters Name or description
Operation get_contact
Mandatory u h kwd
Optional c format
Returns list of contacts similar or the same as kwd or return codes

Get group contact list

Get group contact list by name or code

Parameters Name or description
Operation get_contact_group
Mandatory u h kwd
Optional c format
Returns list of contact groups similar or the same as kwd or return codes

Webservices login

Authenticate user via webservices and redirect to index.php upon authentication, successful or failed or invalid

Parameters Name or description
Operation ws_login
Mandatory u login_key
Optional none
Returns none, web redirect to index.php

Parameter login_key is set by admin accounts through webservices call using operation loginkeyset

Query

Query server for useful information such as user’s data, user’s credit, last smslog_id for inbox, incoming and outgoing SMS

Parameters Name or description
Operation query
Mandatory u h
Optional format
Returns server’s information

Protocol for admin tasks

Inject message

Inject message to the system

Parameters Name or description
Operation inject
Mandatory u h from msg recvnum smsc
Optional format
Returns return codes

Injected message will be treated as a valid incoming SMS.

Stoplist Number

Will add a number to the stoplist.

Parameters Name or description
Operation stoplist
Mandatory u h from
Optional none
Returns return codes (failure code is 627)

Number used in the ‘from’ field will be added to the stoplist feature to globally prevent outgoing messages sending to it. example: http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=<admin user>&h=<webkey>&op=stoplist&from=<number to be added>

Add account

Add an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountadd
Mandatory u h data_status data_username data_password data_name data_email
Optional format data_parent data_mobile data_datetime_timezone data_language_module
Returns return codes and info

Notes:

  • most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
  • data_status 2 is for admin level account
  • data_status 3 is for user level account
  • data_status 4 is for subuser level account
  • data_parent may need to be set when adding subuser level account

Remove account

Remove an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountremove
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes and info

Set parent for subuser

Set parent for subuser level account

Parameters Name or description
Operation parentset
Mandatory u h data_username data_parent
Optional format
Returns return codes

Get parent from subuser

Get parent from subuser level account

Parameters Name or description
Operation parentget
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes and data parent

Ban an account

Ban an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountban
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes

Unban an account

Unban an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountunban
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes

Update account preferences

Update account preferences

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountpref
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format data_name data_email data_mobile data_address data_city data_state data_country data_zipcode data_password
Returns return codes and info

Notes:

  • most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
  • this command may be used to update account’s password

Update account configuration

Update account configuration

Parameters Name or description
Operation accountconf
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format data_footer datetime_timezone data_language_module data_fwd_to_inbox data_fwd_to_email data_fwd_to_mobile data_local_length data_replace_zero data_sender
Returns return codes and info

Notes:

  • most mandatory and optional query parameters are prefixed with data_
  • this command may be used to update account’s default sender ID
  • only valid sender ID may be selected
  • data_fwd_to_inbox data_fwd_to_email data_fwd_to_mobile are boolean variables, fill with 0 to disable and 1 to enable
  • data_local_length used to detect local destination number by its length
  • data_replace_zero is a numeric only prefix number to replace prefix 0

View account credit

View an account credit or balance

Parameters Name or description
Operation creditview
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes and balance

Add account credit

Add credit to an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation creditadd
Mandatory u h data_username data_amount
Optional format
Returns return codes, updated balance and amount

Deduct account credit

Deduct credit to an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation creditdeduct
Mandatory u h data_username data_amount
Optional format
Returns return codes, updated balance and amount

Set login key

Set login key for an account

Parameters Name or description
Operation loginkeyset
Mandatory u h data_username
Optional format
Returns return codes and login key

Examples

Send SMS

Example webservice URL:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=a45a02791b2fe2fedb078c39fd83637a&op=pv&to=0987654321&msg=test+only

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op pv (send SMS) was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with destination number to 0987654321, message msg ‘test only’ and expected output format is the default format, JSON format.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in JSON format:

{"data":[{"status":"OK","error":"0","smslog_id":"30",

"queue":"afb5f34575e30ec4efe4471cf5d1bee4","to":"0987654321"}],"error_string":null}

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in JSON format.

Scheduled SMS:

Send SMS at 15:30:00 2019-04-29

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=a45a02791b2fe2fedb078c39fd83637a&op=pv&to=0987654321&msg=test+only&schedule=2019-04-29%2015:30:00

Both + and %20 can be used between date and time, but %20 is recommended.

List of incoming SMS

Example webservice URL:

http://x.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=482ac0069592c647289e52dfef88be68&op=in&kwd=IDOL&format=xml

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op in (incoming SMS) was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with keyword kwd IDOL and expected output format is in XML format format=xml.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in XML format:

<response>
<data>
<item>
<id>2</id>
<src>+972501234567</src>
<dst>1234</dst>
<kwd>IDOL</kwd>
<msg>A</msg>
<dt>2018-05-20 12:40:38</dt>
<status>1</status>
</item>
</data>
</response>

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in XML format.

List of contacts on phonebook

Example webservice URL:

http://app.bearsms.com/index.php?app=ws&u=anton&h=482ac0069592c647289e52dfef88be68&op=get_contact&kwd=anton

Explanation:

BearSMS webservices in app.bearsms.com with operation op get_contact was accessed by a user using username u and webservices token h with keyword kwd anton and expected output format is in JSON format.

When succeeded BearSMS will returns OK status message in JSON format:

{"status":"OK","error":"0","data":[{"pid":"13674","gpid":"2","p_desc":"Anton Raharja","p_num":"08901230659","email":"","group_name":"Test Group","code":"TESTGROUP"}],"multi":true}

When error occurred BearSMS will returns one of the return code, also in JSON format.